Gorgeous Housewarming & Hostess Gifts

This summer we were often the guests at our friend’s vacation homes — what a treat for us! I don’t like to show up empty handed and I love to take a selection of items from The Michel Design Works line. Take a look at some of my favorite housewarming and hostess gifts to give.

The Michel Design Works brand is spectacular with their presentation of beautiful home decor products, as well as natural bath and body products. The line is also affordable, so any mix of their products make wonderful gift sets.

Here are combinations for Sea Life, SeaShore and Seashells. These 3 styles are appropriate for when you go stay somewhere near the ocean or lake — or even if you know your host/hostess loves the water. (Sea Life and Sea Shells are also my favorite candle scents. (Candles are hand poured, soy, nontoxic and clean burning.)

Welcome to Secret Gift Closet

In our home I have a special closet with secret gifts inside. Some are ‘tried and true’ that I have on hand for hostess gifts, sudden birthday parties and thank you gifts. Others are hand-picked for a friend or relative waiting for an upcoming event or holiday.

The idea for this site came to me because every year before the holidays a few of my close friends would reach out and ask for gift ideas for their Dad, their teenage cousin or even a business colleague. Every time I would get a request like this, I dropped everything and started searching for ideas. Doing that kind of deep-dive research is what I live for.

Secret Gift Closet is about sharing my favorite gift ideas from one girlfriend to another. Over the years I consider it an honor to share my discoveries with my best friends. . . and now you!

And, of course, if you have your own go-to favorites, I hope you will share them here, too.

I truly believe the best gifts are the gifts of time and memories we make together. I just don’t like to show up empty handed.